Saturday was the annual block my neighbors have held for years and I’ve headed up for — I don’t know? — maybe five years or so. It was a long, fun day as usual, with a few surprises.
First of all, the weather. For once, it was lovely. Usually it’s miserably hot, and sometimes there’s a giant rain shower. And mosquitoes, always mosquitos. But this year it was pretty mild, maybe 80 or so, with only a little light rain (and a rainbow!) and few bugs in sight.
And second, the sparkles. Our driveway hosted a craft table, and a neighbor or two brought down containers of glitter. Which, of course, were promptly spilled all over our driveway. So thick that I could make designs with the air vac when I took a turn to sweep them up. There are sparkles on the porch, in the yard, up and down the street and even on our kitchen counters. I will be finding them for years.
But it was fun to catch up with neighbors I haven’t talked to in a while and hang out with the neighbors I know, love and see almost every day. Of course, the kids loved the piñata and riding their bikes up and down the barricaded block. And when the kids went to bed, we stayed up way too late with our friends. Til next year!
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